Fort Greene, Clinton Hill Schools Place in LEGO Robot Competition
Local elementary and middle school students competed in the 13th annual FIRST LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier.
- Caitlin Nolan for Fort Greene - Clinton Hill Patch January 17th, 2013
- Source: http://fortgreene.patch.com/articles/fort-greene-clinton-hill-schools-compete-and-place-in-lego-robot-competition
Children from all corners of Brooklyn came together last weekend to compete in a day of engineering challenges by building LEGO-based robots to complete tasks modeled after real-life technological challenges.
At the 13th annual FIRST LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier, 42 teams gathered at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), with more than 400 local elementary and middle school students working to advance to the next level.
The competition "introduces kids ages 9-14 to the thrill of hands-on robotics, research, teamwork and inquiry-based problem solving, in order to spark a lifelong passion for science and technology," according to a statement.
